ANTHYLLIS 



LABURNUM AND BBOOM ORDER psoralea 335 



of the Alps. Leaflets numerous, oval- 

 oblong, acute, small, entire. Flowers in 

 June, pink or purple, in dense heads with 

 a leafy involucre as in the variety atro- 

 ruhens. 



Culture il'c. as above Increased by 

 seeds or division. 



A. Vulneraria (Common Woundwort). 

 A pretty native perennial with silky stems 

 6-18 in. high, and pinnate leaves having 

 2-6 pairs of narrow oblong leaflets ^li 

 in. long. The flowers appear from June 

 to August and are usually yellow in colour, 

 but sometimes white as in the variety 

 alba, or pink, or red. The variety 

 Dilleni has creamy-coloured flowers with 

 red tips. 



Culture dc. as above. The common 

 Woundwort is found growing naturally 

 on dry rocky banks, and may be utilised 

 for covering dry bare places in the rock 

 garden. 



SECURIGERA (Axe Weed; 

 Hatchet Vetch). — A genus with only 

 one species described below : — 



S. Coronilla {Coronilla Securidacea), 

 A rather pretty S. European annual 1 ft. 

 high with oddly pinnate leaves and entire 

 leaflets ; stipules small, membranous. 

 Flowers in July, yellow, nodding, at the 

 tips of the axillary peduncles ; petals free 

 from the stamen tube ; standard nearly 

 round ; wings obKc[ue oblong ; keel in- 

 curved, somewhat beaked. Stamens 10, 

 upper one free. Pod linear, falcate, 

 pointed, flatly compressed. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species grows in ordinary soil, and requires 

 only to be sown every spring where it is 

 to bloom. Warm sunny places suit it 

 best, either in the rookery or border. 



DORYCNIUM.— A genus with about 

 6 species of pretty smooth, downy or 

 hairy herbs or undershrubs. Leaves 

 4-5-foKolate. Flowers in heads or 

 rather umbellate, numerous. Calyx 

 rather beU-shaped, lobes nearly equal. 

 Petals free from the stamen tube ; 

 standard oval-oblong, contracted into a 

 claw at the base ; wings oboval-oblong, 

 larger than the incurved, bluntish swollen 

 keel. Stamens 10, upper one free. Pod 

 oblong or linear, terete, or swollen. 



Culture and Propagation. — These 

 plants are easily grown in rather dry soil, 

 and readily come from seeds sown out- 

 side either as soon as ripe, or in spring, 

 afterwards transplanting the seedlings or 



thinning them out to allow sufficient space 

 to develop properly. They may be grown 

 in the rock garden in warm exposed 

 situations. 



D. hirsutum (Lotus rectus). — A hoary 

 plant 1-2 ft. high, native of S. Europe. 

 Leaves sessile ; leaflets ovate, lance- 

 shaped or obovate. Flowers in July, 

 whitish, or pale red, large, in many- 

 flowered heads. 



Culture dc. as above. 



D. suffruticosum (Lotus Dorycnium). 

 A pretty S. European shrub 2-3 ft. high. 

 Leaflets and stipules oblong lance-shaped, 

 acute. Flowers in June, white, with a 

 reddish keel. 



Culture dc. as above. Other species 

 met with are D. herhaceum and 2). lati- 

 foUum, both from S. Europe and with 

 white flowers, and D. rectum from the 

 same region with small rose-coloured 

 ones. 



LOTUS (Bird's Foot Trefoil).— A 

 genus with 50-100 species of smooth, silky 

 or hairy herbs or undershrubs. Leaves 

 4-5-foliolate. Stipules minute, tubercular, 

 or none. Flowers on an axillary stalk, 

 usually several in an umbel. Calyx lobes 

 nearly equal. Petals free from the stamen- 

 tube ; standard obovate roundish, or 

 ovate, pointed, contracted into a claw at 

 the base ; wings obovate ; keel incurved 

 or inflexed, beaked, swollen at the sides. 

 Stamens 10, upper one free. Pod oblong 

 or often linear, straight or curved, round, 

 swollen or flatly compressed. 



Culture and Propagation. — The 

 species described below is the only one 

 worth growing in the outdoor garden. 

 It thrives in ordinary soU, and is easily 

 raised from seeds sown in the open air as 

 soon as ripe or in spring. Well suited for 

 carpeting parts of the rockery. 



L. corniculatus. — This is a British 

 plant often seen in pastures, meadows 

 &c. Leaflets obovate, acute, entire. 

 Flowers in summer and autumn, bright 

 yellow, fading to orange, 4-10 on a stalk ; 

 standard petal striped with red in front. 

 The double-flowered variety is an improve- 

 ment on the type. 



PSORALEA.— A large genus of herbs, 

 shrubs or undershrubs usually with leaves 

 composed of 3-5 leaflets, and having 

 the stipules adhering to the stalk. The 

 flowers are borne in heads, spikes, racemes 

 or fascicles, rarely solitary, and purple, 



